PRE-SALE COMICS! THE DETECTIVE #1 (of 2) - 1st Issue!!
BAD IDEA
FINAL ORDER CUTOFF: 10/5/2026
EST. RELEASE: 11/4/2026
(Writer) David Lapham, Maria Lapham
(Artist) David Lapham
(Cover Artist) Various
(Format) Comic Book
Product Description David and Maria Lapham, the Eisner Award-winning creators behind STRAY BULLETS, redefine the noir with THE DETECTIVE. Deftly combining the master worldbuilding of both Ridley Scott's BLADE RUNNER and the Wachowski's THE MATRIX with the intricate storytelling of Roman Polanski's CHINATOWN, and the groundbreaking visuals of Jack Kirby's FOURTH WORLD, the Laphams deliver a seminal neo-noir sci-fi epic.
It's a cold morning in The City when Valencia Vallez wakes up in an unfamiliar bed with a revolver in her hand and a dead body at her side. She doesn't remember how she got there. She doesn't remember much of anything. Just the long list of names buzzing around her head--suspects in the brutal gangland execution of her husband.
Lucky for her, Val's a homicide detective. The only trouble? In the City, so is everyone else.
Val's hunt for answers has painted a target on her back. Caught between the crooked cops hot on her tail and the towering mechanical Judges looming over the City's rain-soaked streets, every lead Val runs down only raises more questions. What secrets lie hidden in Val's missing memories? Who is the Mastermind?
In The City, the truth doesn't come easy. And when it does, you’ll wish it hadn't. Final Order Cutoff Estimated Release Shipping Packaging/Condition Final Order Cutoff (FOC)
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